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Can convenience be priority when
one decides to work? Not something you would appreciate when you hire someone.
It could be so in some cases, when you look at the other side.
Everybody sees what works to
one’s advantage and there is nothing wrong in it, is there? None other than you
should decide what works for you. Being a working woman works out for me
perfectly and so it does for most girls today. Work-life balance is something a
woman has to master, I would always think. Of course, I never saw future
replete with stay-at-home women and knew that working would be their financial
and psychological need. Still I must admit I had seldom thought about a section
of the stay-at-home, who would love to cross thresholds of their homes on work.
Running around for assignments, I
was unmindful of this side of the story. However, my recent back-to-back
encounters with such housewives, looking at investing their time fruitfully,
made me aware of many of their preferences and more importantly…

A little glamorous and a lot more
clamorous; it’s a special day for those who want to cut a fine figure. There
looks a strong build up around this numerologically unique date, 12-12-12,
thanks to media hype and deep-rooted belief in auspicious occasions. Not being
a person into astrology or numerology, it was very unlikely for me to keep tab
on these types of dates. In spite of this, being a social animal, I had to take
note of something happening around.
I had too many programmes to attend
this month and a few days ahead of 12-12-12, I was just taking scanning
invitation cards. I suddenly found myself lost while making a wise choice. I
failed to understand why too many programmes were scheduled on one single day. With most of them must-attends, I was
thinking of ways to make it humanly possible. As it that was not enough, I got
a call from a close friend saying she was planning to arrange her wedding
reception on the same day!
Discussions pertaining to this
day greeted me everywhe…

Age is just a number but only for
a few. Usually, it tells on many as it rises. At the same time, youthful
exuberance has little to with age. However, those young at heart are a few and
far between. Youthfulness generally takes you to nightclubs, treks, hotels,
picnics and you automatically turn to temples as the age starts catching on.
So-called youngsters want to avoid the company of ‘oldies’. Believe me, it (the
company) could be a lot of fun. It’s my personal experience.
Needless to say I am young, by
heart and age as well. I decided to attend a spiritual workshop at a renowned
math. There would be hardly any people I thought but I saw the auditorium
teeming with senior citizens. Little late (and in Western outfit), I naturally
arrested attention! To tell you frankly, I was a little disappointed at the
beginning. I warned myself I was there to hear what I wanted to and not to
spend time in the company of anyone. To my surprise, all three days went off
well. I enjoyed the compan…

I have been working with The Times of India for couple of years writing in–depth articles on varied subjects. Though it’s all occupied with news, life has so much happening beyond and above the news. Yeah, I have not seen too many summers but most certainly tried my best to tan it out in the fewer ones I have experienced. I am here because I fundamentally like to speak to people and also to hear them out. And why restrict ourselves to flippant talks when we can have more serious and sensible conversations? It can’t be sweet nothings when we think and analyse a little more, we know it’s much more difficult. It’s an open book where we can divulge everything that seems intricate in simpler and uncomplicated terms. Let’s collect beautiful pearls from the vast ocean and we know, we have so much to explore because it’s vast, deep and expansive. And pearls are precious because each of them comes straight from our heart and enriches our lives.